MEDIA RELEASE

Big >Island> police are looking for a 16-year-old boy who reportedly failed to return to his Kona home on November 3, 2006.

His name is Benjamin Deeter. He is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-9, about 130 pounds with a fair complexion, a thin build, black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen on Lakani Street in Kailua-Kona.

Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call Officer Walter Ah Mow of the West Hawaii Juvenile Aid Section at 326-4646, extension 302, or the Police Department’s non-emergency telephone number at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.